Daily Republican., 1887-07-29
NeMa SnmnnrY

'tOhA SObhul EltlAn,
at HALIFAX, saying that hs ia invtstlzAt.
Ing tha recent seizures of American
vessels In Capad ian waters, and tina, he
has Instructed the Consul at Charlotte.
town, Prince Edwards leland, 70 take
measures OF the fes MT points where the
seizures were made, 30 as TO establish
the exact dittanes from shore.
d. d. Bell, q colored boy of eisht
years, has confessed that be set era 20 a
number OF buildings recently burned In
Lexington, Kentucky. "Ha says he
knows he cannot be- punished for il by
law, on sccount OF his age, md plays
the incendiary for hts own anusein ent.
he Ia In custody aud the authorities,
oeirg afraid to turn him loose, are
puzzled 10 know what to do with him."
Eighty men of the Pinker forcs OF
LEO passed through Pittsbnrg yesterday,
on their way TO their homes from tha
coke region. Tue remainder are ex-
pected to leave to-day. "Ths indica
tions are there will BIZ trouble In set
Ting who shall pay the expense of
maintaining the men. The coke opera.
tors say the FAye cite county authorities
must foot the bills"
Tho bodies Of Robert and James
Bruce, WHO died OF yellow fever In
Cuba twenty years ago, arrived In New
York yesterday IN sealed coffius, and
after somo demur, were passed by the
sanitary ofii ,srs. The brothers were
residents Of Brooklyn and were
travelling In Cuba Ia 1855 where
they died. The remains will be inter-
red in the Evergreen Cemetery.
While mixed freight train, on the
nj p,al nat~ ID
irg OYER taa Mount Savage bridge. near
Cumber!and, Maryland, on Thursday
morning, the bridge gave way, and the
engine and several cars fell into the
torrent below. VILLA Dr.scoll, eng;-
neer, aud William Payne, fireman,
were killed, aud Brakeman was 81.
verely injured.
i Polly Gtle3, 7-year-old white girl,
died in New York tenement house on
Thursday, from tha Effects ui beating
Ii ii .cted By two co!ored boys. They
attempted 10 Assault her, and when she
screamed, kcEed and bra; her 80 saw
agely as to cause the iujories which re-
suited In her death.
Tho New York Evening Post says tho
prices for leaf tobacco have increased
from 20 to 100 par cent. during the
! pttSChb hObLbs uo CItOI tul NnGIltsE
cause ia speculative enterprise" but n
diminished crop and ieseened produc-
tion this year also contribute 10 tee ad-
vance.
D. z. Anthony, b!cthsr Of Susan q.
Anthony, and etltor OF tae Times ns sws
pspac OF Leavep worth, Ksnsas, was
cowhiced on the street IN that city on
"Wednesday by Ccuucilu an named
Rand fCr fIa nh li,o 81 NJ nj
scurrilous articles.
The q. c. steamer Ossipee grounded
on Point Pleasant Shoa!s while enter
ing the haroor OF Halifax on Thursday
morning. After having been aground
for an hour she was pulled Of by tug.
The weather was clear, bat the vessel
Was ont of her course.
A telegram hos been received In Har.
|, rieSurg from the city marshal Of Wind.
sor, Ohio, sayipg z tia. he had arrested o
, man who is believed to be McCabe, the
eecaped Wayne County murderer. A
description of McCabe has been for
warded.
Twelve men have died from Injuries
received by the collision Of freight
train and construction train on the
Chicago and Alton Railroad at Bloom
"
were injured, but few Of them severely.
AT Chicago Thursdsy Anton O. J.
,, Rudolph, bockkeeper of the Continental
National Bank, who fol ged a check and
collected $4,000, was sentenced TO three
years. hard labor Ia ths pepitentiary.
The FIRST temperauca camp meeting
held In Maryland opened on Thursd ay
, In the woods at Glyndon, twenty miles
north of Baltimore. IL was largely at
tended and Is to continue weak.
Harris Rirsoh, 3 rstired m erchaut OF
| Brooklyn, New York, died on Wednes
I day night, in the 107ih year of his age.
, "Old age" is given as tie cause Of his
! death.
> G. W. Phenny, NJ. 3 Sinclair and
Cain Sanford were killed at Bertrair,
Texas, on Wednesday evening, by a
flasn 0! lightning from cloudless sky.
DR.. G W. Eppley. physician oi
Marysville, Perry County, Penna was
struck aud killed by railroad rra.a ut
that place on Wednesday night.
Nearly all thu houses in Haskell,
Tsxas. were dPstroyed by tornado on
Wednesday,. Several persons wela 10
jured, bat no one is reported killed.
At a meeting o. the Coal f Exchange in
New York yesterday, IL was deeided 10
advaace broken stove AID chest. ut coal
} ten cents per ton.
: A letter from Halifax, -ecsi we'd Ia To-
} routo, says "the fesiug IA favor o: com
merc!al union IL sweeping the mari
, time Provinces.
The U g. war ship Yantic sailed
from anlitaE yesterday for the North
Bay fishing grounds.
: Eleven new cases of yellow fever and
two deaths were reported in Key West
yesterday.
Kentucky's Deadest Town.
L IL 10